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New Acquisitions -  March&April, 2008

This page provides links to a sampling of new books added to the Gutman Library collection. If you visit the library in search of books on this list, we recommend you look on the "new book" shelf before proceeding to the stacks. You may also want to check PhilaFind to make sure the book you want has not yet been checked out. Each month's list provides four categories of publications:

Go to a Subject-organized list of selected new additions to our collection.

Go to the most current Recreational Reading Titles.

Go to Special Collections,  for recent rare book acquisitions.

Go to VISIONAIRE for digital images of the most recent issue.  

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Subject-Organized New Additions

ARCHITECTURE

FASHION MEDICINE
BUSINESS FINE ART PSYCHOLOGY
COMPUTER HISTORY SCIENCE
DESIGN HUMANITIES SOCIALSCIENCE
EDUCATION INTERIORS TEXTILES

 

ARCHITECTURE

Alonso, Alejandro G., Pedro Contreras & Martino Fagiuoli HAVANA DECO. W. W. Norton, 2007. 709.7291 A454h

Benson, John F & Maggie Roe (edited) LANDSCAPE AND SUSTAINABILITY. Routledge, 2007. 712.2 L263b2

Campbell, Katie ICONS OF TWENTIETH – CENTURY LANDSCAPE DESIGN. Frances Lincoln Limited, 2007. 712.0904 C188i

Clarke, Brian (edited) ARCHITECTURAL STAINED GLASS. McGraw Hill, 1979. 748.5904 A673c

Cohen, Jean-Louis LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE. Birkhauser, 2007. 720.92 M632c2

Frazer, Susan Hume THE ARCHITECTURE OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE BOTTOMLEY. Acanthus Press, 2007.
720.92 B751f

Gast, Klauss- Peter MODERN TRADITIONS: CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA. Birkhauser, 2007. 720.9540905 G255m

Hodgson, Peter Hagen & Rolf Toyka THE ARCHITECT, THE COOK AND THE GOOD TASTE. Birkhauser, 2007. 720.103 A673ha

HOUSING FOR NICHE MARKETS: CAPITALIZING ON CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS. The Urban Land Institute, 2005. 333.3380973 H842u

Howard, J. Myrick BUYING TIME FOR HERITAGE: HOW TO SAVE AN ENDANGERED HISTORIC PROPERTY. The University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 363.69 H 849b

Jodidio, Philip UNDER THE EAVES OF ARCHITECTURE: THE AGA KHAN- BUILDER & PATRON. Prestel, 2007. 720.917671 J63u

Kronenburg, Robert FLEXIBLE: ARCHITECTURE THAT RESPONDS TO CHANGE. Laurence King Publishing, 2007. 720.4 K93f

Lawrence, Henry W. CITY TREES. University of Virginia Press, 2006. 715.209 L421c

Mcleod, Virginia DETAIL IN CONTEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE. Laurence King Publishing, 2007. 728.370222 M165d

Metheny, Karen Bescherer FROM THE MINER’S DOUBLE HOUSE: ARCHAEOLOGY & LANDSCAPE IN A PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY TOWN. University of Tennessee Press, 2007. 974.861 M592f

Nakamura, Toshio (edited) GLASS HOUSE. The Monacelli Press, 2007. 728.092j68g

Pare, Richard THE LOST VANGUARD: RUSSIAN MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE 1922 – 1932. The Monacelli Press, 2007. 720.9470904 P227L

Ryne, Colin INDUSTRIAL IRELAND( 1750- 1930): AN ARCHAEOLOGY. The Collins Press, 2006. 609.415 R995i

Scarpaci, Joseph L PLAZA AND BARRIOS: HERITAGE TOURISM AND GLOBALIZATION IN THE LATIN AMERICAN CENTRO HISTORICO. The University of Arizona Press, 2005. 363.69098 S286p

SPA-DE VOL.5: DIGITAL FABRICATION OF SPACE DESIGN –AEDS. Fareast Design Editors Inc., 2006. 729.09051 S732m v5

Schmitz, Adrienne & Jason Scully CREATING WALKABLE PLACES: COMPACT MIXED – USE SOLUTIONS. ULI, 2006. 711.74 S355c

Vellay, Dominique LA MAISON DE VERRE: PIERRE CHAREAU’S MODERNIST MASTERWORK. Thames & Hudson, 2007. 728.830924 C472m

Watters, Sam HOUSES OF LOS ANGELES (1885-1919): Volume I. Acanthus Press, 2007. 728.09794 W346h v.1

Watters, Sam HOUSES OF LOS ANGELES (1920-1935): Volume II. Acanthus Press, 2007. 728.09794 W346h v.2

THE MAKING OF PUBLIC SPACE: 1997 JOHN DINKELOO MEMORIAL LECTURE. The University of Michigan, 1997. 725.8042 V788m

Whiting II, Henry AT NATURE’S EDGE: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S ARTIST STUDIO. The University of Utah Press, 2007. 727.9W599a

 

BUSINESS

AMERICAN TIME USE: WHO SPENDS HOW LONG AT WHAT. New Stratigists Publications, 2007.
R304.23 A512n 2007

Andreff, Wladimir & Stefan Szymanski (edited) HANDBOOK ON THE ECONOMICS OF SPORT. Edward Elgar, 2006. 338.47796 H236a

Barry, Bruce SPEECHLESS: THE EROSION OF FREE EXPRESSION IN THE AMERICAN WORKPLACE.
323.443 B279s

Berstein, Arthur, Naoki Sekine & Dick Weissman THE GLOBAL MUSIC INDUSTRY: THREE PERSPECTIVES. Routledge, 2007. 338.4778 B531g

Carr, Nicholas THE BIG SWITCH: REWIRING THE WORLD, FROM EDISON TO GOOGLE. W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. 303.4834 C312b

Evans, Denise L. & O. William Evans REAL ESTATE ENCYCLOPEDIA. McGraww-Hill, 2007. R333.3303 E92c

Folbre, Nancy VALUING CHILDREN: RETHINKING ECONOMICS OF THE FAMILY. 306.850973 F663v

Friedman, Thomas L. THE WORLD IS FLAT. Picador/ Farrar, Straus & Giraux, 2005. 303.4833 F911w3

Graham, Benjamin THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR. Collins Business Essential, 2006. 332.678 G738i4 2003

Hamel, Gary THE FUTURE OF MANAGEMENT. Harvard Business School Press, 2007. 658.001 H212f

Harold, Christine OUR SPACE: RESISTING THE CORPORATE CONTROL OF CULTURE. The University of Minnesota Press, 2007. 302.23 H292o

Health, Chip & Dan Health MADE TO STICK: WHY SOME IDEAS SURVIVE AND OTHERS DIE. Random House, 2007. 302.13 H437m

Hurst, Richard M REPUBLIC STUDIOS: BETWEEN POVERTY ROW AND THE MAJORS. The Scarecrow Press, 2007. 384.8097 H966r

Jacobson, Lisa (edited) CHILDREN AND CONSUMER CULTURE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. Praeger, 2008. 305.230973 C536j

Keohane, Nathaniel O & Sheila M Olmstead MARKETS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Island Press, 2007. 333.7 K37m

Kotler, John & Hogler Rathgeber OUR ICEBERG IS MELTING. St. Martin’s Press, 2005. 658.406 K87o

Page, William H. & John E. Lopatka THE MICROSOFT CASE: ANTITRUST, HIGH TECHNOLOGY, AND CONSUMER WELFARE. The University of Chicago Press, 2007. 343.730721 P133m

Pernick, Ron & Clint Wilder THE CLEAN TECH REVOLUTION. HarperCollins, 2007. 332.6042 P452c

Ragas, Mathew W. & Bolivar J. Bueno THE POWER OF CULT BRANDING. Crown Business, 2002. 658.827 R 141p

Vecchio, Robert P. (edited) LEADERSHIP: UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF POWER AND INFLUENCE ON ORGANIZATION. University of Notre Dame Press, 2007. 658.4092 L434v2

 

COMPUTERS

Baase, Sarah A GIFT OF FIRE: SOCIAL, LEGAL, AND ETHICAL ISSUES FOR COMPUTING AND THE INTERNET. Upper Saddle River, 2008. 303.4834 B111g3

Bucki, Lisa A TEACH YOURSELF VISUALLY: MICROSOFT OFFICE WINDOWS VISTA. Wiley, 2007. 006.6869 M626po2007

Donati, Jason EXPLORING DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY. Thomson Delmar Learning, 2008. 778.53 D677e

Frye, Curtis D. MICROSOFT OFFICE EXCEL 2007: PLAIN & SIMPLE. Microsoft Press, 2007. 005.369 M626ex 2007

Joyce, Jerry & Marianne Moon MICROSOFT OFFICE SYSTEM 2007: PLAIN & SIMPLE. Microsoft Press, 2007. 005.369 M626off2007

Maramel, Elaine J TEACH YOURSELF VISUALLY: MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD 2007. Wiley, 2007. 005.52 M626wo2007

McFedries, Paul TEACH YOURSELF VISUALLY: MICROSOFT OFFICE WINDOWS VISTA. Wiley, 2007. 005.432 M626 vi

Peterson, Richard FEDORA 7 & RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX: THE COMPLETE REFERENCE. McGraw-Hill, 2007 005.432 L761f 2007

Shoup, Kate TEACH YOURSELF VISUALLY: MICROSOFT OFFICE OUTLOOK 2007. Wiley, 2007. 005.369 M626oa2007

 

DESIGN

BIRD: THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL. DK Publishing, 2007. 598 B618f

Goodlad, Lauren M.E. & Michael Bibby (edited) GOTH: UNDEAD SUBCULTURE. Duke University Press, 2007.
306.1 G684g

Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization DESIGN JAPAN: 50 CREATIVE YEARS WITH THE GOOD DESIGN AWARDS. Stone Bridge Press, 2007. 745.207952 D457n

Dutta, Arindam THE BUREAUCRACY OF BEAUTY: DESIGN IN THE AGE OF ITS GLOBAL REPRODUCIBILITY. Routledge, 2007. 720.103 D979b

Garn, Andrew EXIT TO TOMORROW: WORLD’S FAIR ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, FASHION (1933-2005). Universe Publishing, 2005. 607.34 G234e

Hine, Thomas THE GREAT FUNK. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007. 973.924 H662g

Hongxing, Zhang & Lauren Parker (edited) CHINA DESIGN NOW. V&A Publishing, 2008. 745.44951 C539p

Hosle, Vittorio WOODY ALLEN: AN ESSAY ON THE NATURE OF THE COMICAL. University of Notre Dame Press. 791.43092 H826w

Lesko, Jim INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING GUIDE. John Wiley & Sons, 2008. 745.2 L629i2

Mafundikwa, Saki AFRIKAN ALPHABETS: THE STORY OF WRITING IN AFRIKA. Mark Betty Publications, 2007. 496 M 187a

NAOTO FUKASAWA. Phaidon Press, 2007. 745.2092 F961n

Newell, Laurie Britton OUT OF THE ORDINARY: SPECTACULAR CRAFT. V&A Publications, 2007. 745.509049 O94n

Pavitt, Jane BRILLIANT LIGHTS & LIGHTING. V&A Publications, 2004. 749.63 P338b

Withrow, Steven Alexander Danner CHARACTER DESIGN FOR GRAPHIC NOVELS. Focal Press, 2007. 741.5 W824c

 

EDUCATION

Anderman, Eric M. & Tamera B. Murdock PSYCHOLOGY OF ACADEMIC CHEATING. Elsevier, 2007. 371.58 P974a

Curzon, Susan Carol & Lynn D. Lampert PROVEN STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING AN INFORMATION LITERACY PROGRAM. Neal-Schuman Publishers.2007. 028.7 P969c

Rodin, Judith THE UNIVERSITY AND URBAN REVIVAL. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. 307.341609748 R692u

 

FASHION

Bernard, Malcolm (edited) FASHION THEORY: A READER Routledge, 2007. 391.001 F248ba

Bertie and Dos Winkel VANISHING BEAUTY. Prestel, 2006. 391.65 W773v

Blangchard, Tamsin GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK: HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD WITH STYLE. Hodder & Stoughton, 2007. 391 B 639g

Fraser, Antonia ( translated) DIOR BY DIOR: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHRISTIAN DIOR. V&A Publications, 2007. 746.92092 D 593d

Freeman, Hadley THE MEANING OF SUNGLASSES AND A GUIDE TO ALMOST ALL THINGS FASHIONABLE. Viking, 2008. 391.001 F885m

Jackson, Tim & David Shaw THE FASHION HANDBOOK. Routledge , 2006. 338.47687 J14f

Sheumaker, Helen LOVE ENTWINED: THE CURIOUS HISTORY OF HAIRWORK IN AMERICA. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. 739.27S554L

Walker, Susannah: STYLE AND STATUS: SELLING BEAUTY TO AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN 1920-1975. The University Press of Kentucky, 2007. 391.6 W184s

 

FINE ART

Baigell, Mathew JEWISH ART IN AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 704.03924073 B152j

Foss, Brian WAR PAINT: ART, WAR, STATE AND IDENTITY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945. Yale University Press, 2007. 709.4109044 F751w

O’ Keeffe, Georgia CIRCLING AROUND ABSTRACTION. NORTON Museum of Art, 2007. 759.13 O41gc

Jules-Rosette, Bennetta JOSPHINE BAKER: IN ART AND LIFE. University of Illinoi Press, 2007. 792.8028 J94i

King, Ross THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS: THE REVOLUTIONARY DECADE THAT GAVE THE WORLD IMPRESSIONISM. Walker & Company, 2006. 759.409034 K54j

Mack, Angela D. & Stephen G. Hoffius (edited) LANDSCAPE OF SLAVERY: THE PLANTATION IN AMERICAN ART. The University of South Carolina Press, 2008. 704.949975 L263m

Morse, Anne Nishimura (edited) DRAMA & DESIRE: JAPANESE PAINTINGS FROM THE FLOATING WORLD (1690-1850). MFA Publications, 2007. 579.952 D764m

Trimborn, Jurgen, LENI RIEFENSTAHL: A LIFE Farber & Farber, 2007. 791.430233 T831L

Williams, Val & Susan Bright HOW WE ARE: PHOTOGRAPHING BRITAIN FROM THE 1840S TO THE PRESENT. Tate Publishing, 2007. 770.941 w727h

Witek, Joseph (edited) ART SPIEGELMAN CONVERSATIONS. University Press of Mississippi, 2007. 741.5092 S755a

Witkovsky, Mathew S. FOTO: MODERNITY IN CENTRAL EUROPE, 1918-1945. Thames & Hudson. 770.943 W825f

 

HISTORY

Applegate, Debby THE MOST FAMOUS MAN IN AMERICA: THE BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY WARD BEECHER. Doubleday, 2006. 285.8092 A648m

Barry, Kathleen M FEMININITY IN FLIGHT: A HISTORY OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. Duke University Press, 2007. 331.481387 B279f

Ellis, Joseph J. AMERICAN CREATION: TRIUMPHS AND TRAGEDIES AT THE FOUNDING OF THE REPUBLIC. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 973.3 E47a

Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe AMERIGO: THE MAN WHO GAVE HIS NAME TO AMERICA. Random House, 2007. 970.016092 F363a

Gaskin, Margaret BLITZ: THE STORY OF DECEMBER 29, 1940. Harcourt Inc., 2005. 940.540121 G 248b

Gilmore, Glenda Elizabeth DEFYING DIXIE: THE RADICAL ROOTS OF CIVIL RIGHTS( 1919-1950). W. W. NORTON & Co., 2008. 323.1196073075 G488d

Green, Peter THE HELLENISTIC AGE: A SHORT HISTORY. Modern Library, 2007. 938.08 G 797h

Hoganson, Kristin L. CONSUMER’S IMPERIUM: THE GLOBAL PRODUCTION OF AMERICAN DOMESTICITY, 1865-1920. The University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 306.30973 H714c

McMillen, Sally G. SENECA FALLS AND THE ORIGINS OF THE WOMEN’S RIGHT MOVEMENT. Oxford University Press, 2008. 305.420973 M167s

O, Donovan, Susan Eva BECOMING FREE IN THE COTTON SOUTH. Harvard University Press, 2007. 975.804 O26b

Rosenberg, Chaim M. AMERICA AT THE FAIR: CHICAGO’S 1893 WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. Arcadia Publishing, 2008. 907.4773 R813a

Silbey, David J. A WAR OF FRONTIER AND EMPIRE: THE PHILIPPINE- AMERICAN WAR, 1899-1902. Farrar, Straus & Giraux, 2007. 959.9031S582w

Simon, Roger D. PHILADELPHIA: A BRIEF HISTORY. Pennsylvania Historical Association, 2003. 974.811 S596p

Sypeck, Jeff  BECOMING CHARLEMAGNE: EUROPE, BAGHDAD AND THE EMPIRES OF A.D. 800. HarperCollins, 2006. 944.0142092 S 772b

Weber, Nicholas Fox THE CLARKS OF COOPERS TOWN. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 708.00922 W372c

Whatley, Christopher A. THE SCOTS AND THE UNION. Edinburgh University Press, 2006. 941.1069 W555s

Willies, Jeffrey R. SPARTANBURG SOUTH CAROLINA. Arcadia Publishing, 1999. 975.729 W 734s

Yochelson, Bonnie & Daniel Czitrom REDISCOVERING JACOB RIIS: EXPOSURE JOURNALISM AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN TURN-OF-THE- CENTURY NEW YORK. The New Press, 2007. 770.92 R572y

 

HUMANITIES

Bud, Robert PENICILLIN: TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY. Oxford University Press, 2007. 615.32923 B927p

Hinde, Robert A. BENDING THE RULES. Oxford University Press, 2007. 170 H662b

Hopkins, Lisa BRAME STROKER: A LITERARY LIFE. Palgrave, 2007. 823.814 H794b

Hulsether, Mark RELIGION, CULTURE AND POLITICS IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY UNITED STATES. Columbia University Press, 2007. 291.17 H917r

Lambert, Philip, INSIDE THE MUSIC OF BRIAN WILSON. Continuum, 2007. 782.42166 L22i

James, Clive CULTURAL AMNESIA: NECESSARY MEMORIES FROM HISTORY AND THE ARTS.
W.W. Norton & CO., 2007. 909.09821 J27c

Logan, Robert A. SHAKESPEARE’S MARLOWE: THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOW ON SHAKESPEARE’S ARTISTRY. Ashgate Publishing, 2007. 822.33 L831s

Magnani, Lorenzo MORALITY IN A TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD: KNOWLEDGE AS DUTY. Cambridge, 2007. 170.905 M 196m

Rambelli, Fabio BUDDHIST MATERIALITY: ACULTURAL HISTORY OF OBJECTS IN JAPANESE BUDDHISM. Stanford University Press, 2007. 294.3437 R167b

Skutch, Alexander F. MORAL FOUNDATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS. Axios Press. 2007. 170 S629m

Wills, Garry HEAD AND HEART: AMERICAN CHRISTIANITIES. The Penguin Press, 2007. 277.3 W741h

 

MEDICINE/HEALTH

Brodsky, Phyllis L THE CONTROL OF CHILDBIRTH: WOMEN VERSUS MEDICINE THROUGH THE AGES. McFarland & Co., 2008. 618.209 B864c

Cole, Marilyn B. & Roseanna Tufano APPLIED THEORIES IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY: A PRACTICAL APPROACH. SLACK Incorporated, 2008. 615.8515 C689a

Helfman, Gene S. FISH CONSERVATION: A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND RESTORING GLOBAL AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY AND FISHERY RESOURCES. Island Press, 2007. 333.95616 H474f

Link, Kurt UNDERSTANDING NEW, RESURGENT AND RESISTANT DISEASES. Praeger, 2007. 362.1969 L756u

Rappole, John H. WILDLIFE OF THE MID-ATLANTIC: A COMPLETE REFERENCE MANUAL. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. R591.974 R221w

Rodd, Tony & Geoff Bryant THE PLANT FINDER. THE RIGHT PLANTS FOR EVERY GARDEN. Firefly Books, 2007. R635.9 P713r

Ross, Lawrence M, Edward D. LAmperti & Ethan Taub THIEME ATLAS OF ANATOMY: HEAD AND NEUROANATOMY. Thieme, 2007. R611.91 S 385t

Schnurr, Paula P. Bonnie L. Green (edited) TRAUMA AND HEALTH: PHYSICAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF EXPOSURE TO EXTREME STRESS. American Psychological Publishing, 2004. 616.8521 T777s

Smith, Virginia CLEAN: A HISTORY OF PERSONAL HYGIENE AND PURITY. Oxford University Press, 2007. 613.409 S662c

Ward, John W. & Christian Warren (edited) SILENT VICTORIES: THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA. Oxford University Press, 2007. 362.10973 S582w

 

PSYCHOLOGY

Cooper, Joel COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: FIFTY YEARS OF A CLASSIC THEORY. Sage Publications, 2007.
153.4 C 777c

Denmark, Florence L & Michele A. Paludi (edited) PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN: A HANDBOOK OF ISSUES AND THEORIES. 155.633 P974d2

Koenigsberg, Harold W., Otto F. Kernberg, Michael H. Stone, Ann H. Appelbaum, Frank E. Yeomans & Diana Diamond BORDERLINE PATIENTS: EXTENDING THE LIMITS OF TREATABILITY. Basic Books, 2000. 616.85852 B728k

Mikulincer, Mario & Phillip R. Shaver ATTACHMENT IN ADULTHOOD: STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS AND CHANGE. The Guilford Press, 2007. 158.2 M636a

Stinson, Jill D., Bruce D. Sales & Judith V. Becker SEX OFFENDING: CASUAL THEORIES TO INFORM RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT. American Psychological Association, 2008. 616.8583 S859s

Thompson, J. Kevin and Linda Smolak (edited) BODY IMAGE, EATING DISORDERS AND OBESITY IN YOUTH: ASSESSMENT, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT. American Psychological Association, 2007. 616.8526 B668t

Zuckerman, Marvin SENSATION SEEKING AND RISKY BEHAVIOR. American Psychological Association, 2008.
152.4 Z94s

 

SCIENCE

Anderson, Geoff THE TELESCOPE: ITS HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY AND FUTURE. Princeton University Press, 2007. 522.2 A544t

Bells, F.G. BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY. Whittles Publishing, 2007. 624.151 B433b

Brown, Paul Martin WILD ORCHIDS OF THE NORTHEAST: NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. University Press of Florida, 2007. 584.40974 B879w

Byers, William HOW MATHEMATICIANS THINK. Princeton University Press, 2007. 510.19 B993h

Flannery, Tim THE WEATHER MAKERS. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005. 363.73874 F 585w

Ferraro, Rafael EINSTEIN’S SPACE- TIME: AN INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL AND GENERAL RELATIVITY. Springer, 2007. 530.11 F376e

Harmon, Joseph E. & Alan G. Gross (edited) THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE: A GUIDED TOUR. The University of Chicago Press, 2007. 507 S416h

Hites, Ronald A. ELEMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY. Wiley, 2007. 577.14 H675e

Johnstone, Bob BRILLIANT. Prometheus, 2007. 621.32092 J72b

Kesseler, rob & Madeline Harley POLLEN: THE HIDDEN SEXUALITY OF FLOWERS. Firefly Books, 2006. 571.8452 K42p

Kimbrell, Andrew (edited) FATAL HARVEST: THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE. Island Press, 2002. 630.2 F252k

Kolbert, Elizabeth FIELD NOTES FROM A CATASTROPHE: MAN NATURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE. Bloomsbury,2006. 363.73874 K81f

Lurquin, Paul F. & Linda Stone EVOLUTION AND RELIGIOUS CREATION MYTHS: HOW SCIENTISTS RESPOND. Oxford University Press, 2007. 231.7652 L967e

Manivannan, Gurusamy (edited) DISINFECTION AND DECONTAMINATION : PRINCIPLES, APPLICATIONS AND RELATED ISSUES. CRC Press, 2008. 614 D611m

Novacek, Michael TERRA. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007. 575.5 N 935t

Pearce, Fred WITH SPEED AND VIOLENCE: WHY SCIENTISTS FEAR TIPPING POINTS IN CLIMATE CHANGE. Beacon University Press, 2007. 551.6 P359w

Tundo, Pietro, Alvis Perosa & Fulvio Zecchini (edited) METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR GREEN CHEMISTRY: AN INTRODUCTION. Wiley, 2007. 660.281 M592t

Zeigler, David UNDERSTANDING BIODIVERSITY. Praeger, 2007. 577 Z46u

 

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Anderson, Elijah STREETWISE: RACE, CLASS AND CHANGE IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY. The University of Chicago Press, 1990. 307.3362 A546s

Armitage, David THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: A GLOBAL HISTORY. Harvard University Press, 2007. 973.313 A732d

Barrett, Paul M AMERICAN ISLAM: THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF A RELIGION. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007. 297.0973 B274a

Berko, Anat THE PATH TO PARADISE: THE INNER WORLD OF SUICIDE BOMBERS AND THEIR DISPATCHERS. Praeger, 2007. 303.6250956 B513p

Bodansky, Yossef CHECHEN JIHAD. HARPERCOLLINS, 2007. 363.3209475 b666C

Bowe, John NOBODIES: MODERN AMERICAN SLAVE LABOR AND THE DARK SIDE OF THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY. Random House, 2007. 331. 117340973 B786n

Browne-Marshall, Gloria J. RACE, LAW, AND AMERICAN SOCIETY: 1607 TO PRESENT. Routledge, 2007. 342.730873 B883r

Bull, Michael SOUND MOVES: IPOD CULTURE AND URBAN EXPERIENCE. Routledge, 2007. 303.4833 b935S

Burden, Barry C PERSONAL ROOTS OF REPRESENTATION. Princeton University Press, 2007. 328.73 b949P

Caplan, Bryan THE MYTH OF THE RATIONAL VOTER : WHY DEMOCRACIES CHOOSE BAD POLICIES. Princeton University Press, 2007. 324.973 C 244m

Carr, Mathew THE INFERNAL MACHINE: A HISTORY OF TERRORISM. The New Press, 2006. 303.625 C312i

Cashmore, ellis CELEBRITY / CULTURE. Routledge, 2006. 302.23 C338c

Chatterji, Joya THE SPOILS OF PARTITION: BENGAL AND INDIA, 1947 – 1967. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 954.14042 C495s

Cheah, Pheng INHUMAN CONDITIONS: ON COSMOPOLITANISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS. Harvard University Press, 2006. 303. 482 C514i

Davis, Angela J. THE POWER OF THE AMERICAN PROSECUTOR. Oxford University Press, 2007. 345.7301 D261a

Dimitriadis, Greg STUDYING URBAN YOUTH CULTURE. Peter Lang Publishing, 2008. 305.23509173 D 582s

Dombrink, John & Daniel Hillyard FROM ABORTION TO STEM CELLS, UNDERSTANDING CRIME, LAW, AND MORALITY IN AMERICA. New York University Press, 2007. 303.372 D667s

Ferguson, Robert A THE TRIAL IN AMERICAN LIFE. The University of Chicago Press, 2007. 345.7307 F353t

Fernandez, Ronald AMERICA BEYOND BLACK AN D WHITE: HOW IMMIGRANTS AND FUSIONS ARE HELPING US OVERCOME THE RACIAL DIVIDE. The University of Michigan Press, 2007. 305.800973 F363 am

Freund, Bill THE AFRICAN CITY: A HISTORY. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 307.76096 F889a

Gerring, John CASE STUDY RESEARCH: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 300.72 G 378c

Gould, Jonathon CAN’T BUY ME LOVE: THE BEATLES, BRITAIN, AND AMERICA. Harmony Books, 2007. 782.42166 G697c

Gray, Jonathon, Cornel Sandvoss and C. Lee Harrington (edited) FANDOM: IDENTITIES AND COMMUNITIES IN A MEDIATED WORLD. New York University Press, 2007. 306.1 F199g

Hanson, Jarice 24/7: HOW CELL PHONES AND THE INTERNET CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. Praeger, 2007. 303.4833H251t

Harris, Mark PICTURES AT A REVOLUTION FIVE MOVIES AND THE BIRTH OF THE NEW HOLLYWOOD. The Penguin Press, 2008. 791.430973 H315p

Hartley, T C THE FOUNDATION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW. Oxford University Press. 2007.
341.2422 H 332f6

Hawken, Paul BLESSED UNREST. Viking, 2007. 333.72 H392b

Hessler, Peter ORACLE BONES: A JOURNEY BETWEEN CHINA’S PAST AND PRESENT. HarperCollins, 2006. 951.06 H587o

Holmes, Amanda CITY FICTIONS: LANGUAGE, BODY AND SPANISH AMERICAN Urban SPACE. Bucknell University Press, 2007. 863.60932 H 749c

Holmes, Mary WHAT IS GENDER? SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES. Sage, 2007. 305.3 H752w

Horne, Jed BREACH OF FAITH: HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE NEAR DEATH OF A GREAT AMERICAN CITY. Random House, 2006. 363.348 H 815b

Jasper, Margaret C. (revised and updated) THE LAW OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: OCEANA’S LAW FOR THE LAY PERSON. Oxford University Press, 2007. 345.73025 J39L

Johnson, Victoria E. HEARTLAND TV: PRIMETIME TELEVISION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR U.S. IDENTITY. New York University Press, 2008. 791. 456277 J69h

Kang, David C CHINA RISING : PEACE, POWER AND ORDER IN EAST ASIA. Columbia University Press, 2007. 327.5105 K16c

Kiernan, Ben GENOCIDE RESISTANCE IN AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: DOCUMENTATION, DENIAL & JUSTICE IN CAMBODIA & EAST TIMOR. Transaction Publishers, 2008. 959.6042 K47g

Kinzer, Stephen OVERTHROWN: AMERICA’S CENTURY OF REGIME CHANGE FROM HAWAII TO IRAQ. Times Book, 2006. 327.73009 K62o

Kymlicka, Will MULTICULTURAL ODYSSEYS: NAVIGATING THE NEW INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF DIVERSITY. Oxford University Press, 2007. 323.1 K99m

Lancaster, Carol FOREIGN AID: DIPLOMACY, DEVELOPMENT, DOMESTIC POLITICS. The University of Chicago Press, 2007. 327.111 L244f

Lary, Diana CHINA’S REPUBLIC . Cambridge University Press, 2007. 951.04 L336c

Ling, Huping VOICES OF THE HEART: ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN ON IMMIGRATION, WORK, AND FAMILY. Truman State University Press, 2007. 305. 48895 L 755v

Lowy, Dina THE JAPANESE "NEW WOMEN": IMAGES OF GENDER AND MODERNITY. Rutgers University Press, 2007. 305. 420952 L 922j

Maas, Willem CREATING EUROPEAN CITIZENS. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 323.6094 M111c

Madut Jok, Jok SUDAN: RACE, RELIGION AND VIOLENCE. Oneworld Oxford, 2007. 962.404 J74s

Marcus, Aliza BLOOD AND BELIEF: THE PKK AND THE KURDISH FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE. New York University Press, 2007. 956.6703 M322b

Martin, Ruth THE JAPANESE HOUSEWIFE OVERSEAS: ADAPTING TO CHANGE OF CULTURE AND STATUS. Global Oriental, 2007. 305. 420952 M382j

McChesney, Robert W COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION. The New Press, 2007. 302.2309051 M124c

McChesney, Robert W. RICH MEDIA, POOR DEMOCRACY: COMMUNICATION POLITICS IN DUBIOUS TIMES. The New Press, 2000. 302.230973 M124r

Monson, Ingrid FREEDOM SOUNDS: CIVIL RIGHTS CALL OUT TO JAZZ AND AFRICA. Oxford University Press, 2007. 781.651599 M755f

Napier, Susan J FROM IMPRESSION TO ANIME: JAPAN AS FANTASY AND FAN CULT IN THE MIND OF THE WEST. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 303.48252 N212f

Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G. HIP-HOP REVOLUTION: THE CULTURE AND POLITICS OF RAP. University Press of Kansas, 2007. 782.421649 O34h

Parenti, Christian THE SOFT CAGE: SURVEILLANCE IN AMERICA FROM SLAVERY TO THE WAR ON TERROR. Basic Books, 2003. 323.448 P228s

Powell, Shaun SOULED OUT? HOW BLACKS ARE WINNING AND LOSING IN SPORTS. Human Kinetics, 2008. 796.08996073 P886s

Ram, Uri THE GLOBALIZATION OF ISRAEL. Routledge, 2008. 303.4095694R165g

Robinson, Michael E. KOREA’S TWENTIETH-CENTURY ODYSSEY: A SHORT HISTORY. University of Hawai’i Press. 2007. 951.904 R663k

Roy, Olivier SECULARISM CONFRONTS ISLAM. Columbia University Press, 2007. 322.10944 R888s

Savage Charlie TAKEOVER: THE RETURN OF THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY AND THE SUBVERSION OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. Little Brown & company, 2007. 973.931 S623t

Schulz, William F. (edited) THE PHENOMENON OF TORTURE: READINGS AND COMMENTARY. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. 323.49 P541t

Scott, Joan Wallach POLITICS OF THE VEIL. Princeton University Press, 2007. 322.10944 S427p

Smith, Anna Marie WELFARE REFORM AND SEXUAL REGULATION. Cambridge, 2007. 362.83568 S642w

Song, Sarah JUSTICE, GENDER AND THE POLITICS OF MULTI CULTURALISM. Cambridge, 2007. 305. 488 S698j

Trofimov, Yaroslav THE SIEGE OF MECCA. Doubleday, 2007. 953.8053 T 843s

Vibert, Frank THE RISE OF THE UNELECTED: DEMOCRACY AND THE NEW SEPARATION OF POWERS. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 353.091. V624r

Welchman, Lynn WOMEN AND MUSLIM FAMILY LAWS IN ARAB STATES: A COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF TEXTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY. Amsterdam University Press, 2007. 342.14927 W441w

Zebiri Kate BRITISH MUSLIM CONVERTS: CHOOSING ALTERNATIVE LIVES. Oneworld Oxford, 2008. 297.0941 Z41b

Ziegler, Catherine FAVORED FLOWERS: CULTURE AND ECONOMY IN A GLOBAL SYSTEM. Duke University Press, 2007. 338.176359 Z66f

 

TEXTILES

MATERIAL CHOICES: REFASHIONING BAST AND LEAF FIBERS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC. Fowler Museum Textile Series, 2007. 746.0411095 M425h

Rodgers, Susan, Anne Summerfield & John Summerfield. INDONESIA’S SONGKETS FROM CEREMONY TO COMMODITY. KTILV Press, 2007. 746.1409598 R691g

Troy, Virginia Gardner THE MODERN TEXTILE: EUROPE AND AMERICA (1890-1940). Lund Humphries, 2006. 746.09041 T864m

 

Recreational Reading 

As a service to readers, books link to amazon.com.  The book's dustjacket image is available  with reader reviews of the title.   This is not an attempt to solicit book purchases. 

Baldacci, David     THE WHOLE TRUTH.
Grand Central Pub, 2008.

Berenson, Alex     THE GHOST WAR.
GP Putnam's Sons, 2008.

Clark, Mary Higgins     WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
Simon & Schuster, 2008.

Dickey, Eric Jerome    PLEASURE.
Dutton, 2008.

Goldberg, Amanda     CELEBUTANTES.
St. Martin's Press, 2008.

Hoffman, Alice     THE THIRD ANGEL.
Shaye Areheart, 2008.

Johansen, Iris    QUICKSAND.
St. Martin's Press, 2008.

Kellerman, Jesse     THE GENIUS.
GP Putnam's Sons, 2008.

Kellerman, Jonathan     COMPULSION.
Ballantine Books, 2008.

Krentz, Jayne Ann     SIZZLE AND BURN.
GP Putnam's Sons, 2008.

Lescroart, John T     BETRAYAL.
Dutton, 2008.

Russell, Mary Doria     DREAMERS OF THE DAY.
Random House, 2008.

 

Recent Additions to  SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
  McCabe, James D  THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION...
Philadelphia
: National Publishing Co., 1876, 
682 pgs., 22.5 cm.
Call Number: 909.81 M113i 1876

A good example of the elaborate souvenir gift books produced after the Centennial Exhibition. Contains a general history of the fair with woodcut illustrations. This specific title was noteworthy enough, that a reprint was published in 1975.  

 

Sandhurst, Phillip T and Others THE GREAT CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION : Critically Described and Illustrated. 
Philadelphia :  Ziegler & Co., 1876, 
544 pgs.,  23.5 cm.
Call Number: 607.3474811 S217g 1876

Another example of the souvenir gift books published after the Centennial Exhibition. The exhibition is of interest to our University community, since the need for a local textile school was apparent after exposure to the European textile products shown at the fair.  

 
The Library also now receives VISIONAIRE, a limited edition conceptual art and fashion quarterly published in New York. However, due to its format it is not shelved with the other magazines.  It is available for inspection on request.  Since every issue is different, images of each new issue will be included in this list.

VISIONAIRE #49 DECADES

 
 
         
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